Elizabeth Trende advises healthcare providers of all sizes as they navigate the changing landscape of healthcare reform; and particularly as they find themselves adverse to government agencies and billing authorities. Her practice includes corporate, regulatory and administrative healthcare compliance activities including provider appeals (Medicaid, Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor [RAC], licensure and certification); administrative and other adversarial proceedings against government agencies; billing issues; licensure and enrollment; and fraud and abuse prevention. She has coordinated and completed due diligence efforts for several multimillion-dollar transactions. Elizabeth also has drafted policies, procedures and agreements to assure facility compliance with federal and state law.

Elizabeth served as a law clerk for The Honorable Jerry McBride of the Court of Common Pleas in Clermont, Ohio.

She is a member of the Virginia Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association. Elizabeth has been a featured presenter at a number of healthcare-related professional associations.

Representative Experience

• Acting as lead associate in multiple compliance provider compliance and reimbursement appeal hearings and arguing successfully for retraction in alleged overpayments sought by state agencies against healthcare providers.
• Coordinating licensure and enrollment processes for new healthcare facilities, as well as changes of ownership and changes in corporate character for existing facilities including application of provider-based rules, addition of services and entity reclassifications.